Your Daily Sweets: What Are You Making and Baking? (2017 – )

[oli]

9 hours ago, Pete Fred said:

I only need the flimsiest of excuses to road test another sticky toffee pudding recipe...

 

 

 

I had neither Sarson's nor nocturnal nonce leaf so used balsamic instead. And... it was good! Just enough sharpness to brighten it up and offset the sweetness a touch. I liked the cake, too; a bit denser than other sponges, with chunks of date for added texture.

 

So overall it was a winner.

Will this be you're new default recipe?

[Pete Fred]

8 hours ago, oli said:

Will this be you're new default recipe?

 

Hmmmm. Possibly.

 

Several years ago I did a side-by-side with four or five takes on STP, out of which came my 'default'. I think it was basically the Hawksmoor recipe with a couple of tweaks from elsewhere. But I recall thinking there wasn't really much in it, and that if the recipe is from a decent source then you really can't go wrong. Everybody's drinking from the same well.

 

Since then I've made a few 'cheffy' versions from the likes of Tom Kerridge, Ashley Palmer-Watts, and this one from Tommy Banks. They were all good, and they were all... Sticky Toffee Pudding. It pretty much is what it is.

 

I think most of the bang in a STP buck comes from the sauce. I've always liked the addition of some black treacle, and now this splash of acid, but it might not be for everyone.

[MaryIsobel]

I have been tasked/volunteered to contribute to my daughter's Musical Theatre fundraising bake sale- I volunteered. The bake sale is aimed at the high school students, rather than say a church bake sale where there are pans of cinnamon buns and bundt cakes. So, I'm looking at individually packaged treats. I'm going to do a dozen 6" frosted and sprinkled sugar cookies as in searching ideas, apparently kids like huge cookies. I'll either do big brownie squares or chocolate chip cookies using red and greem M&M's. Just wondering if anyone has any better ideas. Since I will be making 24 pieces, I don't want to go too crazy on decorating.

[AAQuesada]

Quince tart tatin based on a David Lebovitz recipe for Thanksgiving  served with a sauterns spiked whipped cream